12 1863.0 6/26/2021 cloudy, cold. I was on trail filled with dew laden plants at 5:35. But the hardest part was putting on cold wet socks and putting them into cold wet shoes. Brrr! Nevertheless if they’d been dry they would have instantly been soaked by the dew from the trail plants. If you ford a river your shoes and socks get wet but then you’re out of the water. A dew laden trail goes on for miles and miles. Double Brrr! The elevation varied less today (+/-500 feet) but each climb still causes me to huff-and-puff. I made good time for the first 5 miles of 2.5 hours by 8. Similarly for the next section by 10:30. Then a little slower for the last section to get overnight water of 2.5L, eat lunch and find a campsite. At the last section it sprinkled a bit but nothing continuous. Nevertheless the dark clouds made me frantic. I stopped just after 16 miles at 1:30. Typical bothersome mosquitoes were abound so I put up my tent, quickly, dug my cat-hole and jumped in my tent. I didn’t sleep well yesterday, because I was cold so today I laid down for a nap with my sleeping bag over me. It was cloudy and quite cool out – in the 50s. The quilt felt good. I probably dozed off because it was soon 5 pm. I had my chores to do and started them. Made dinner, which was Peak Refuel’s Beef Pasta Marinara, and it was tasty. Now more chores in my little tent before bed. Doing 15 more miles tomorrow and the route looks obvious, that is, no major climbs. Good night world.
